Early Hydromyelia as a Rare Complication of Tuberculous Meningitis

Kimia Ghavami; Tychicus Chen

doi:10.1177/1941874420985989

Early Hydromyelia as a Rare Complication of Tuberculous Meningitis

Neurohospitalist. 2021 Oct;11(4):368-369. doi: 10.1177/1941874420985989. Epub 2021 Jan 11.

Authors

Kimia Ghavami¹, Tychicus Chen¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Abstract

Syringomyelia is an uncommon late complication of tuberculous meningitis with a latency period of up to 18 years. Acute hydromyelia is exceedingly rare with few case reports occuring within the first 6 weeks. We present a case and magnetic resonance imaging of a 38-year-old immunocompetent woman with this rare complication of early hydromyelia due to tuberculous meningitis which responded to ventriculoperitoneal shunting, highlighting that early detection and treatment may improve prognosis.

Keywords: central nervous system infections; hydrocephalus; infectious disease medicine; meningitis; neuroradiology; spinal cord diseases; syringomyelia.